soundcloud will not play in chromium on ubuntu 13.04

[omarly666]

soundcloud will not play in chromium 13.04

firefox 21.0 is working fine

maybe because of the ubuntu restricted extras i installed?

never a problem before

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: chromium-browser 25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 29 17:24:40 2013
Desktop-Session:
 DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
 XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-10 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b''

[omarly666 (omarly666)]

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=244098

[omarly666 (omarly666)]

uninstalled the open jdk and ice-tea java's and soundcloud is up and running

this bug is not relevant anymore - but may stand as i think i am not alone with java-troubble

ugh... java

can live with it - and a lot of hazle
can hardly live without

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

I can't reproduce in any case. 26.0.1410.63-0ubuntu2.13.04.0~cm1raring

I'm marking Incomplete, which will be automatically closed in a few months, so people have a chance to see it and a chance to reopen with something reproducable.

[Pierre (p-laloutre)]

Have the same problem with Chromium 25 on Ubuntu 12.04 x64

[Pierre (p-laloutre)]

After a quick test in Opera, it's not working anymore too. It stoped working yesterday for both browsers. Everything is fine in Firefox 21.

I can give few more informations on my config / installed packages if you need, just tell me what can be usefull.

[Bob (bob-dest-unreach)]

Same problem, everything loads, but no sound and no visual feedback after pressing play. Not sure what the problem exactly is as grooveshark and google music work fine. Kubuntu 13.04 64 bit.

[mike hamerski (i-mike-2)]

Same issue since system update on Monday, Xubuntu i386 13.04, Chromium 25.0.1364.160. Can't test if Java is indeed somehow involved as I unfortunately need it.

[Simos Xenitellis  (simosx)]

Same issue with version 25.0.1364.160, on Ubuntu 12.10 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.12.10.1).

Running Flash version 11.7.700.203 (was updated using pepflashplugin-installer).
Previously running the latest Flash player for Ubuntu/Firefox/etc (I think it was 11.2.200).

[Simos Xenitellis  (simosx)]

UPDATE: Apparently Chromium does not close completely when you close the browser window.
After a restart, Soundcloud with Chromium 25.0.1364.160, and Flash 11.7.700.203 works fine.

[Prasad Murthy (murthy)]

Version 25.0.1364.160 Ubuntu 13.04 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu3)

On debugging, I noticed this string "HTML5_AUDIO_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED", on checking the underlying audio link, it seems that chromium was not able to play the audio because of the absence of codec. Installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra solves this issue. Now Soundcloud works fine.

Solution: Install " chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package.

[Pierre (p-laloutre)]

Thanks Prasad Murthy, it's working fine with this package !

[Bob (bob-dest-unreach)]

Solved my issue as well, thank murthy!

[omarly666 (omarly666)]

after some updates the problem is back, but resolved with note #11.

seems like some regression is happening, when updating??

can't wait to get the developers to make a note of this on the to of the page - just like when missing other plug-ins :)

[Wade Pedersen (wmpedersen)]

omarly666: I had this issue as well. Even after a restart the problem persists. The solution was to go into the System Monitor and kill all the chromium processes. Chromium is preloaded on OS start (presumably to facilitate fast loading), so chromium was in an "always-open" state.

[erthian (otakian)]

>Solution: Install " chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package.

this fix worked for me too.
chromium, ubuntu 13.04 x64

[hdante (hdante)]

Confirmed bug. Istalling chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra solves the problem.

Example url is any soundcloud mp3.

http://ec-media.soundcloud.com/gq6xxmUGvrB4.128.mp3?ff61182e3c2ecefa438cd02102d0e385713f0c1faf3b0339595664fc0c01eb16a97d7e865e10ffb203e85ea015ad6ee6ee4491001507a3af1ed03615e4c96888ccf0080072&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ4IAZE5EOI7PA7VQ&Expires=1376340250&Signature=5EuXBnLwxUdNMHipIwqOLHEbLrc%3D

[hdante (hdante)]

For completeness: the problem *comes back* after installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg.

Also for completeness: the bug is because chromium fails silently when requested to play a soundcloud file.

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

I don' t think there's anything to do here. We can't discard the non-extras package. Installing one of the two packages that chromium-browser Recommends fixes the problem.

[hdante (hdante)]

Reopening the bug and copy pasting my text:

hdante (hdante) wrote 21 hours ago:
Also for completeness: the bug is because chromium fails silently when requested to play a soundcloud file.

[mike hamerski (i-mike-2)]

Indeed, installing "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" fixes this for me as well on Chromium 28.0.1500.71 Ubuntu 13.04.

[CSRedRat (csredrat)]

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=244098#makechanges
https://github.com/theonion/fartscroll.js/issues/30

[Saikrishna Arcot (saiarcot895)]

@CSRedRat: The Chromium issue you linked to seems to be about the sound not playing correctly. This issue is about the sound not playing at all.

As it is, installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (which is the default on new installs now) fixes the problem.

[zetxx (opensuser)]

Thanks Prasad Murthy (murthy).
same problem same resolution

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Bug re-opened without explanation nearly 3 years after it was (twice) marked "Invalid". Reverting that change as the issue was resolved. SoundCloud works perfectly here using Chromium 71 in Ubuntu 18.04.

@Tim, was this still an issue for you in 2016? Is it still an issue for you now? If so, please open a new bug report and fully describe the problem.